What’s the big deal about home insurance then?

There are some important things you need to know about

Welcome

This site is brought to you by IAG New Zealand Limited, the country’s largest provider of general insurance, with the aim of helping New Zealanders to understand key aspects of home insurance underwritten by IAG and what you may need to know or do when renewing or taking out a home policy with us.

IAG New Zealand Limited is the owner of the State, NZI and Lantern Insurance brands and underwriter for most of the home insurance offered by BNZ and The Co-operative Bank, as well as the underwriter for many home policies offered by Aon, Crombie Lockwood and many other New Zealand insurance brokers.

AMI is also part of the IAG group of companies.

If your home isn’t insured with IAG, this site will still help you understand some aspects of the home insurance offered by other New Zealand insurers and you may still use the calculator to estimate the likely cost of rebuilding your home

For convenience, all references to ‘IAG’ on this website mean IAG business divisions operating in New Zealand and the terms ‘underwritten by IAG’ and ‘IAG-underwritten’ may also mean underwritten by AMI (if applicable, and not by IAG New Zealand Limited).

If you own a home or are thinking of buying one, it’s important to understand how home insurance works for many of us.

What you’ll find here

This site provides resources to help you understand what you need to know and what you need to do and direct you to places where you can get support. It also provides an easy-to-use online calculator that can help you estimate the potential cost of rebuilding your home, so you can be better placed to make decisions about the level of cover that you think is right for your home.

More about rebuilding cost

Terms of Use

Below are the terms of use for this website.

Privacy

This website is brought to you by New Zealand's largest general insurer, IAG New Zealand Limited (IAG). The protection of your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to acting in accordance with the Privacy Act 1993. Please refer to the respective websites of:

our business divisions (State, NZI and Lantern);

AMI Insurance Limited;

our business partners (BNZ and the Co-operative Bank); and

AON, Crombie Lockwood and other brokers whose products are underwritten by IAG,

for their individual privacy policies.

Agreement to the Terms of Use

By accessing and browsing this website you represent that you have read, understood and accepted these Terms of Use (as updated from time to time).

Changes to the Terms of Use

As we continually seek to improve our website, we may modify these Terms of Use from time to time. Please check these Terms of Use periodically for changes.

Purpose and use of this website

This website is intended for use by people living in New Zealand or with insurable interests in New Zealand to provide information on the changes to our home insurance, and the move from 'replacement cost' insurance to 'sum insured' insurance. We make no representations that it is appropriate for other purposes and we can't and don't accept any responsibility if it is used for such other purposes. New Zealand law governs and New Zealand courts have exclusive jurisdiction.

Business advice information

The information provided in this website is intended only to provide a summary of the topics covered. It does not purport to be comprehensive or to provide legal advice. We encourage you to obtain specific professional advice before acting in reliance on any statement contained in this website.

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Disclaimer

While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure accuracy of this website, no liability is accepted for any errors. We will take reasonable measures to ensure that the website is available to you when you need it, free from viruses and unauthorised access. Unfortunately we can't and don't accept responsibility for any consequences if this is not the case. If you use this website inappropriately or maliciously you will indemnify us for anything that happens to us as a result of or in connection with your actions.